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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • April 15, 2026

    FCC Names New Carveouts From Router, Drone Bans

    The Federal Communications Commission is admitting that it once again may have been too hasty in putting all foreign-made routers and drones on the so-called covered list of technology deemed to be a risk to national security, and it will be carving out some exceptions.

  • April 14, 2026

    Google Sued By Rival Over 'Interrelated Web' Of Monopolies

    Google's "anticompetitive chokehold" over Android app distribution and in-app billing markets has kept Portugal-based Android app store alternative Aptoide from being able to compete with the tech giant, Aptoide alleged in a complaint filed Tuesday in California federal court challenging Google's "interrelated web" of monopolies.

  • April 14, 2026

    Dish Parent Looks To Escape Suit Over $54M Comcast Deal

    EchoStar is coming out swinging against a $54 million Comcast lawsuit accusing the company of wrongly asserting force majeure to escape a contract between Comcast and Dish Wireless, telling the court that the government probe it was caught up in counts as an unforeseen event.

  • April 14, 2026

    Virginia Latest State To Ban Precise Location Data Sales

    Virginia has become the third state to ban the sale of consumers' precise geolocation data, following the governor's signature on Monday of legislation that received overwhelming backing from lawmakers and consumer advocates, and backlash from the advertising industry. 

  • April 14, 2026

    Apple Users Slam 'Distorted' Antitrust Depo Sanctions Bid

    Phone users who accuse Google of suppressing rival search engines with anticompetitive deals slammed Apple's bid for sanctions over their counsel's allegedly "unrelenting and increasingly egregious" subpoena efforts, telling a California federal judge that the tech company's motion is based on a "distorted account of the discovery record."

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